Mark Halperin
Yes, despite what the ignorant haters want to say, Biden was not supposed to endorse Harris that first day. In fact, many around the VP didn't want him to endorse out of concern that it was going to hurt her "she's earning the nomination" narrative. After I broke the story, Biden came under enormous pressure to endorse the day he dropped out, and he succumbed to that, deeply setting back the efforts of those who wanted Biden out and someone besides Harris to be the nominee. So when I reported that Biden was getting out and NOT endorsing, it was accurate. Journalists never like their reporting to impact events but, in this case, mine did. And haters gonna hate hate hate.
Corey Inganamort 🪚🌴🪚
It appears @MarkHalperin original reporting was right. Pelosi's plan was for an open primary, but Biden stuck it to the establishment who threw him out by endorsing Kamala 30 minutes after dropping out. This is why Obamaworld, Schumer etc were so late to endorse.. they didn't